{"id":162966,"date":"2020-01-30T20:50:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T20:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/ukft-director-paul-alger-receives-mbe-from-its-president-princess-anne\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:06:40","slug":"ukft-director-paul-alger-receives-mbe-from-its-president-princess-anne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/ukft-director-paul-alger-receives-mbe-from-its-president-princess-anne\/","title":{"rendered":"UKFT director Paul Alger receives MBE from its president Princess Anne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UKFT International Business Director Paul Alger was at Buckingham Palace yesterday to receive his MBE, which was <strong>presented to him by the fashion and textiles association's president\u00a0HRH The Princess Royal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Alger was <strong>awarded the MBE for services to to exports in the UK fashion industry<\/strong> in recognition of the\u00a0countless trade missions to important international markets he has overseen and the support he has offered British businesses at the major tradeshows and events around the world.<\/p>\n<p>He said his investiture was made all the more special for receiving the award fro Princess Anne who is <strong>a long-standing supporter of the organisation and its president.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was thrilled to receive my MBE from Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, who is hugely supportive of the work that we do at UKFT. I had to admit that<strong> I had not expected to receive it from her<\/strong> as I knew she was going to be visiting one of our members, Simon Carter, the same day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a huge privilege and I have been truly humbled by all the well wishes and messages of support,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>UKFT CEO Adam Mansell was he was \"absolutely thrilled that Paul\u2019s huge contribution to the industry has been rewarded\".<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has <strong>helped thousands of businesses grow and his knowledge of exporting is encyclopaedic<\/strong>. His impact on fashion businesses over the last three decades has been immeasurable. We are extremely proud to have him as our Director of International Business,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>British designer Phoebe English also expressed her support for Elgar's award.\u00a0\u201cIn an\u00a0industry\u00a0so regimented by profit, loss, growth, and the bottom line it has <strong>always been a refreshing pleasure to know and work with<\/strong> someone who puts the person\u00a0and human experience back into and at the forefront of all of this. I love working with and knowing Paul and he deserves\u00a0this honour a great, great deal. I\u00a0am utterly thrilled for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Leach, global sales director at John Smedley described Algar as <strong>a \"beacon of positivity and a fantastic source of industry support\",<\/strong> while Ettinger chairman and CEO said Alger had been \"instrumental in helping Ettinger export and we now export to over 35 countries worldwide\".<\/p>\n<p>Alger was named as an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/ukft-paul-alger-receives-mbe-in-queens-birthday-honours\/\">announced last June.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":136997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,9763,5,9762,6],"tags":[13630,15870,13262,11056,14752,13619,14920,10521],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UKFT director Paul Alger receives MBE from its president Princess Anne - TheIndustry.fashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UKFT International Business Director Paul Alger was at Buckingham Palace yesterday to receive his MBE, which was presented to him by the fashion and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/ukft-director-paul-alger-receives-mbe-from-its-president-princess-anne\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UKFT director Paul Alger receives MBE from its president Princess Anne - TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UKFT International Business Director Paul Alger was at Buckingham Palace yesterday to receive his MBE, which was presented to him by the fashion and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/ukft-director-paul-alger-receives-mbe-from-its-president-princess-anne\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-30T20:50:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-12T14:06:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Paul-Alger-MBE-2-PA-49947260.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"975\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lauretta Roberts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lauretta Roberts\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/ukft-director-paul-alger-receives-mbe-from-its-president-princess-anne\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/ukft-director-paul-alger-receives-mbe-from-its-president-princess-anne\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lauretta Roberts\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/85b04a16eba8c6cd7a9534c5a4262b89\"},\"headline\":\"UKFT director Paul Alger receives MBE from its president Princess Anne\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-30T20:50:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-12T14:06:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/ukft-director-paul-alger-receives-mbe-from-its-president-princess-anne\/\"},\"wordCount\":393,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Adam Mansell\",\"Daniel Ettinger\",\"Ettinger\",\"John Smedley\",\"Paul Alger\",\"Phoebe English\",\"Princess Anne\",\"UKFT\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Brands &amp; 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